Glasgow IS a dump. The well heeled commute in and leave again, spend money in town and commute home. There are some nice suburbs but the level of hopelessness, deprivation and generations of unemployment in parts of the town are utterly scandalous. A Labour fiefdom in all but name with tribalism and secterianism rampant.
Glasgow is one of Britains best cities, so I feel sorry for the rest of this country if you consider Glasgow a dump.
Oddly enough, it goes right over the head of visitors, if you grow up in the West of Scotland though, you see past the Visit Scotland blurb.
Well if we're talking about airports, its what the visitors see thats important and the center of Glasgow is World Class. Fact!
Even the airport is a clue. The amount of business traffic and connectivitiy is hardly driving forward apace and we can't blame the M8 and EDI for all of that.
Glasgow is one of the most connected cities in the UK, at its peak only London and Manchester handled more traffic. The city is one of only 4 in the UK to have direct access to four continents, the others being London, Manchester and Birmingham.
As for business traffic, yet again I bet only London and Manchester offer more.
I've said it before and will say it again. People just love to knock Glasgow, which doesn't help Glasgow Prestwick Airport, nor Glasgow International. If a crime happens in city "A" its swept under the carpet and nobody talks about it. If it happens in Glasgow its likely to be top news.
If your from Glasgow then stop being so bl**dy negative about it!! Take pride in your city and promote the good things the city does have to offer. Every city in the world has its bad points, but for some reason people like to portray an image that Glasgow's bad points are worse than everywhere else and its good points are non-existant.
Glasgow is the third biggest city in Britain, it is home to two of the biggest football clubs in the world and the Scotland national team, Glasgow hosts more major conferences and events than any other city in the UK outside London, the city is home to many huge financial institutions such as HSBC, Direct Line, Santander, RBS, HBOS and many more, it has a buzzing nightlife 7 nights a week, it has the best shopping in the UK outside London, it is home to Europe's largest comedy festival, its the Economic Powerhouse of Scotland, its home to Scotland's most visited art gallery and museum, along with 30 plus other galleries in the city.
Hotel companies are investing in the city left right and centre, including Jumeirah with a 6* hotel, Hilton planning their third hotel in city, Crowne Plaza are planning their second 5* hotel for the city. There is a new National Area under constriction designed by Sir Norman Foster, it has a new Transport museum under construction designed by Zaha Hadid and the city will host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The city has two international airports, Scotland's two busiest train stations, the only city in the UK with an underground network outside London as well as a massive urban rail network and so much more and as if that isn't enough Glasgow is a previous European Capital of Culture, previous European Capital of Sport, previous European Capital of Light.
Just about every city in Britain would give an arm and a leg to be in Glasgow's position to don't give me "Glasgow's a ****hole" because that is simply BS.
Glasgow has more to be proud of than most places in Europe, its about time people in Scotland acknowledge that fact.